Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-04-06
NINTH DAY.

q e--ne OF Dr."
NINTH DAY.
Tho mill Of justice again resumes it's grind
ing. although with measured motion. The de-
fenas has now got the stand and witnesses for
that side are boing examined. A few unim-
portsnt Witnesses have been examined already,
bat the main features OF evidence for defense
are to DO presented. The first witness Of the
day called TO the stand was Joseph Sprey, who
testi1es - TO- lows: j 1--we in sioux City and
have for six years. In August ] was engaged
In the saloon business, aud then knew Leav-
my saloon and talked with him He wanted
to borrow . revolver that evening. II was q
little before or after Q O'clock. He asked me
to get . pistol for him did not do it He
naked me 70 60 out and get one. l " Mt over
to Mr.. Hunt and asked for one, but Mr.. Hunt
to the saloon Levitt was there and / told him.
! told him to 60 TO Schudeils gnn store and
they would lead or sell him . revolver. Billy
Hunt 10 q druggist on Fourth street Leayitt
had An umbrella and rubber coat. His wore
light pants turned up : little Of the heel This
WAS about 0 o'clock. ! think he had . light
hat On. Then ! went into tho saloon and didn't
see him again that night Cross. examination by
the State: Leavitts coat-thc rubber coat
was buttoned from top to bottom. lam pretty
RO8lht0 tu0 L0eNttt u&t 40 . kThy OuN, i
don't know how the mar who was in the room
with NJ was dressed. l don't know what kind
Of boo ., pa to or coat b had on, nor the
length or color Of his coat There were q
good many people coming into tho sal.on. I
don't know how they were dressed. Charley
d an@ssEs IN Ar. " Runt a asa' here sRow 1a aon. pa know S.s
what kind OF pants he had on. nor whether
they were role up, nor what color they we're.
! am mot sure if il was as late a. . o'clock when
4 nav:xt Onu NJ sx r l. pInl ~ tbo rlnuk n 1iktla
before Leayi I cams in. / am not sure that 1t
might not have been nm h ur or one and q half
hours from 0 o'clock.
James Cruikshank says: / live in Sioux
City and have Tor four cen years been turn
key. am turnkey and have -charte OF he
Bismarck. have charge Of the part OF tue
jail in which he is confined. ! know Leavitt,
and have Known him \ year. know Of his
coming TO the Jail about the ~ b Of November.
Law I talked with B smarck, Leavitt said
hello. and asked Bismarck II he knew him.
Bismarck said no, but he said he had heard Of
him (Leavitt1 Leavitt asked him il he had
everything he wanted, Bismarck said he had
tobacco, but nothing 70 drink, and
little little Of sshnapps. LsavYis said he
would bring some or he would send him some.
Leavitt asked Bismarck how his wife was get
ting along. Bismarck said he had enough to
eat, but he didn't know whether his wife had
or not .Leavitt said for Bismarck to give his
wife's address and he would see that she was
provided for. Leayitt said; NYou know l
didn't kill Haddock." Bismarck said nothing.
Leavitt said Bismarck knew who did it, and
the latter said ,iohn Arensdorf, repeating the
name twice. Leavitt told Bismarck he could
get him out Of Jail, but he would have to leave
town, and that he was - we'll OF there AZ any
whore till the trial. Leavitt said they would
come out ell right il Bismarck stuck to that
story. Bismarck said he didn't know, and that
he had told Il to save his neck, and that he
would go to the 2pen." Leavitt brought
Bismarck . bottle OF brandy that day in the
afternoon. Leavitt in the afternoon called up
Bismarck and asked him the name Of the man
who wanted to go on his bail bond in the Po-
lice Court. or words TO that effect
Elmer A. Erwin t~estiies: live in Sioux
City and have lived here for -everal years. I
know Leavitt ] saw Leavitt on August 3 last
in the evening, about $50 o'clock, on the cor
ner Of Nebraska and Fourth streets. He had
going east. His pants were pretty Light. Cross
examination by the State: ] dom know who
went along with Leavitt The nearest lamp
was about 100 feet OF on the corner. Leavitts
rubber coat was buttoned up from top to bot
tom cant cay II Leavitt's pants were rolled
Leavitt as they walked by. / don't know
what kind of clothes the next man to Leavitt
wore. / can't say anything about their clothes.
don't know whether he worea cap or . great,
big broad hat The man next to me wasn't .
tall man. don't know what kind of pants
he had on, nor coat nor vest. Nobody has
talked to me- about this matter. The defend
ant has never talked with me. Judge Pendle-
ton talked with me this morning. That was
the first attorney WHIT talked with me- I told
nobody about IL
Louie Seller on the stand: have lived in
Sioux City twenty-four years-all my life. ]
knew Leavitt. talked on August 3 with Leav-
lit. In that conversation he said @We ought
to blow up some Of these SIS of BIS. In
L~eavenworth we blew up q man and three
! had . conversation near Junk's saloon with
Leavitt He said: II guess I've got my foot
in it ! am arrested will you go on my
bonds
Bismarck said to me that no put the shooting
on John Arensdorf in order to save his own
neck, or substantially that. Bismarck said
that he was drunk.
Chas. Cormeny says he saw Leavitt about 8
O'Clock p. m. August 3; that he had on . light
suit Of clothe., but no rubber coat
Mrs. J. W. Gilbert and ANNA Tagemeier
swear that they heard Mrs. Leavitt say: @The
saloon men OF Hioux City have no sand. II
had them ! would put petticoats OF them. For
2 cents ! would do up Haddock myself"
d. c. Barnes ~testifies: ! live in Sioux City
SA0 AoNV AOate ~ yOSkSs IA ~ tAio lAAAA
ing business. ! work for the City Mill and
Elevator Company. In August l lived on West
Second street. Ihave KNOWN John Arensdorf
nine or ten years. His general character ia
good. Isaw him ON the evening of the third
Of August, just before dark, probably between
2 and 3 O'Clock, on Fourth street, by the Acad-
emy Of Music. I talked with him there. He
and ! went into Phil Eberle's saloon, and staid
there till about $50. There We were talking
about city poltics-not in particular about sa-
1~~n ~useA~- NJ. n>-~t... 49, - W.
went over to the Davelsar saloon. We got
there about $50. Davelaar didn't go to the
Shepherd. went put to the drug store
Moore's drug store. Arensdorf told me to
stop for him ~ ] came back. Mr.. Arensdorf
and l ats lunch at the Shepherd saloon when ]
anne back. think this took NJ about twenty
minutes. We came out together. and ! started
home and Arensdorf started cast. I passed
the Columbia House. / looked At the clock
there, and it was 1913 or lO:l7 o'clock. There
was no one but myself aud Daveiaar with
Arensdorf that evening. Others came in and
we spoke. II is shout two and a half blocks
from the Shepherd to the Columbia. My house
10 three and 4 half blocks from the Perry
creek bridge, over which ] pass going home.
saw men standing on the corner at Water
and Fourth streets by Dincen's fence. There
were two or three or four Of them. l heard Of
tho murder next morning. / didn't hear of il
the night Of the third. Arensdorf had beer
collecting that evening. ] did not separats
from Arensdorf during the evening, excepl
whom / went to the drug store. l have know
Bismarck. I know his general moral charac.
YER; IL 10 bad. | think ] saw Bismarck neal
the Columbia House that night ! didn't re-.
cogni1s him in particular. The electric light
was about one block west Of the west end oil
the bridge Fourth street 10 called West Third
street. west Of Perry creek. I met Frank Bar.
ker On the bridge that night He was going
east Of Fourth street ] think the electric
light hung in the center Of the street.
John Davelaar and s +. r cher testifysthal
they saw Arensdorf with Barnes about 9:5t
O'Clock the evening Of the shooting.
W. p. Written, City Engineer, Gays it 10 ~
feet from Perry Creek bridge to The electric
light in the middle Of West Third Street.
Ad0lph Knepper ~testlfies: I live in SiouI
City and have been here two years. Bis.
marck's place JOINS m ne am acquainted
with him. Bismarck owned tho house but no
the lot bought the house through JohI
Arensdorf. He Was my agent I paid 800
for it gave 4 50 10 John Arensdorf to pa,
for the housA wasn't on good terms viii
Bismarck's wife aud that is tie re ason ] hss
Arensdorf buy 1t for me. u was . few day